Covina High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Back: Rich Esquivel, Byron Young, Mike Gough, John Volzke. Scott Bennett, Heavyweight Scott Bennett breaks away for an escape against the Workman Lobos. Manse Sinkey, Harry Hearn. % Sophomore Berto Rangel puts his Lobo down for the pin, and six Covina team points, helping lift the Colts to victory. Senior Mike Gough rolls his opponent to his back. Mike wTestied well at the 155 pound division at Covina. 105

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Varsity Wrestling We ' ll Be Back In any other league, the 13 wrestlers that made up the 1981 Covina Colt Varsity wrestling team would have fin- ished first. However, in the Valle Vista League, known for the toughest competition in the San Gabriel Valley, Covina placed third of the six competing teams. The Colts won two of their five league matches, a disap- pointing season to the 13 young men who worked and strived for more. With little exception, workouts averaged two hours a day. Injuries, unless serious, were ignored until the season ' s finish. The real anguish of the wrestling season is cutting weight. This involves the pains and problems of losing anywhere from six to ten pounds — overnight. Various techniques for this torture include: hard workouts in plastic sweats, saunas, steambaths, and the most common method, starvation. And what motivates 13 healthy young men to go to such odds? Surely a third place finish in league would not make an entire season of hard work worthwhile, so why? The reason for Covina ' s wrestlers was simple — because they ' ll be back, and the team to beat in ' 82. Head Varsity Coach Marc Haygood. Coach Haygood was very involved in CHS athletics during 1981. In addition to wrestling, he coached var- sity football, and also bad- minton. Junior Varsity Coach Scott Smith. 1981 was Coach Smith ' s first year at Covina, coaching football and wrestling. He gradu- ated from Cal State Fuller- ton with a B.S. in physical education. League Scores Nogales — 22-32 Workman — 59- 6 Northview — 32-34 La Puente — 43-26 South Hills — 11-43 Front: Don Nyeholt, Kevin Freeman, Adrian Salas, Brian Olson, Tim Riley. Sophomore Adrian Salas fights to keep his Workman Lobo opponent in control. Adrian wrestled well at the 140 pound division for CHS. 104

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Varsity Baseball Experience Is the Key The varsity baseball team set its goals early in the year with nothing less than a GIF Championship. They pos- sessed all the requirements; on the mound with senior Mark Rosenbloom and junior Tom Gorman with relief from Mike Asbury. The hitting was powered by All-GIF players Jamie Menzing and Pat O ' Hara. Speed on the basepath was generated by Jim Wolak who set a GIF record for most stolen bases. The biggest factor was expe- rience, the ball club returned 11 players from the previous year. The team proved to be one of the most successful in Covina High ' s history. Mark Rosenbloom shows the form that made him one of the team ' s top pitchers. Top Row: Coach Bachman, Ken Impastato. Tom Gorman. Pat O ' Hara, Wes Christner. Dave Lupu, Darren Dirks, Jamie Menzing. Tom Haynes, Coach Mario Defina. Bottom Row: Jim Payne. Jim Wolak. Barry Fitzgerald. Mark Rosenbloom, Bob Lukeasko, Adam Cisneros. Mike Asbury. The players also had fun while winning. 106